Public Invited to WHCR Broadcast Law Forum February 20

WHCR 90.3 FM invites the public to the live broadcast of “From Dred Scott to Trayvon Martin: What is the Law to Black America?” 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday, February 20, in the North Academic Center Ballroom on the City College campus at 160 Convent Avenue, Manhattan.

The station has assembled for the event an esteemed panel of legal experts, activists, and advocates that includes: attorneys Michael Warren, J. Machelle Sweeting and Anthony Johnson; educator Betty Dopson of CEMOTAP (Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People); Det. Ali McBride, and other leaders in the fight for justice.

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, esq., associate professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and author of “Race, Law and American Society: 1607 to present” will be the moderator.

Refreshments follow the panel discussion.

Owned and operated by The City College of New York, WHCR 90.3 FM, as a non-commercial station, seeks to empower its listeners by providing educational and cultural programming. As a teaching facility, it provides skills in communications and related disciplines to City College students and community members.